Policy pre-flight for your script
Know before you record. Paste your draft and see which passages match categories in YouTube's published guidelines, while the script is still cheap to change.
What you get
A category read
Which categories your script touches, and how many passages matched each one.
The official source
Every category links to the YouTube page it was derived from, so you can read the rule yourself.
A dated rubric
Results record which snapshot of the guidelines they were checked against, because those pages change.
What this is not
This reads your script text only. Visuals, thumbnails, delivery, and edits are not checked. It flags passages that match categories in YouTube's published guidelines. It is not a YouTube decision, and it is not a guarantee. Only YouTube decides monetization, and it decides on the finished video.
Common questions
What this checks, and what it deliberately does not.
What does this actually check?
It reads your script and flags passages that match categories in YouTube’s published advertiser-friendly content guidelines and related policy pages. Each flag names the category and links to the official page it came from.
Does it tell me whether my video will be monetized?
No, and it cannot. Only YouTube decides that, and the decision is made on the finished video. This is a risk read against published guidelines while the script is still cheap to change.
What is out of scope?
This reads your script text only. Visuals, thumbnails, delivery, edits, music, and everything else about the finished video are not checked. Several policy categories are decided largely by footage, and the result page says which of those a script can only partly answer.
Where do the categories come from?
They are derived from YouTube’s own published pages, mainly the advertiser-friendly content guidelines, plus the medical misinformation policy and the spam and deceptive practices policy. Every category carries the link it was taken from so you can read the source yourself.
Why are some matches marked Community Guidelines?
Because they come from a different rulebook with a heavier consequence. Ad suitability governs whether ads run on a video and at what level. The Community Guidelines are what channel enforcement runs on, and they are enforced through content removal and channel strikes. The result page keeps the two visually separate so you can tell at a glance which kind of match you are looking at.
What does the note about visuals mean on some categories?
Several categories are decided largely by footage rather than words. For those, your script is only part of the picture: the finished visuals, delivery, and edit also count, and this check cannot see any of them. Categories where that is true carry a visible note saying so.
Do you check whether my claims are true?
No. For medical and financial claims the check looks at the form of the sentence, not its accuracy. A sentence that promises a cure or a guaranteed return is flagged for how it is phrased, whether or not the underlying claim is correct. Judging accuracy is not something a script reader can do.
What does the rubric version mean?
YouTube revises its guidelines. The rubric is a dated snapshot of what those pages said when we read them, and every result records which version it was produced against, so an old result is never silently reinterpreted under new rules.
Why can I see the categories but not the passages?
The free check tells you which categories your script touches and how many passages matched each one. The exact lines and suggested rewordings come with the $9 audit, which also covers attention risk across the whole draft.
Is a clean result a guarantee?
No. Nothing matching the rubric means no passage in your text matched a category we check. It is not a clearance, not an approval, and not a prediction. Treat it as one input, then use your own judgment.